Are you worried about holidays

[fallen-archie]

Watching the repetitive news on TV am I the only one who sees all the crass discussions about people needing to know when they can book a holiday, or are people so unconcerned about the state of their own health that holidays take priority!
Wouldn’t it be better if they concentrated their efforts on real news rather than simply spewing out the type of news that people do not want. As an example they continue to report on the trump impeachment trial which we know the outcome of already! Then there is the endless roll out of people who simply want you and me to stump up more cash for them to survive, care homes need more money, along with cancer research, donkeys, guide dogs, tigers, birds, and a myriad of others! Yet all we talk about on the tv is when will we be able to go on holiday? What utter nonsense it is!

[astrologica]

Archie...the MSM has been sold out ages ago, and are now following the same agenda. It's all froth, whipped up to get you to avert your eyes from what is really happening in the world. They only report on what they want you to know and see , and talk about. 

[cee-dee]

Nope, I'm not "worried" about holidays, I am worried about "holidaymakers" though.

By now, sensible people will have worked out that you catch covid-19 by close proximity to other people, people who may have the virus.

That being so, going on holiday involves being close to people at the airport and then being cooped up with a load of people in a metal tube for ages. Then you've another crowd to get through as you negotiate another airport. Then you've to travel to a hotel of some sort where you're close to another load of people. Then it's beaches, restaurants, bars...... Then you've got the reverse trip home again.

The potential to catch the virus is surely multiplied by the sheer number of people you've been in close proximity to? Then, when you get back here how many people could you infect when you're showing off the pics and endlessly telling all about your "wonderful trip"?

Turning to "the news"..... find the time to go through the online "newspapers" and see how many "news items" you can find that are nearly exactly the same and with the same pics? Also, try continuing doing it for a week and see how many "old" items are turned up which appeared on one site one day and is regurgitated on another sometime later.

It seems to me that the items are coming from agencies and are not hard news items turned up by reporters from the site printing it.

[bankhaunter]

If there is one thing this pandemic has demonstrated, it's how many people can't see the glaringly obvious.

For example, some claim masks are harmful because apparently they accumulate harmful bacteria breathed out by the wearer.

Howver it would seem there is no problem with people sitting round a table, all breathing out their bacteria into other people's faces.

Plus of course if a person was really breathing out bacteria, they are the ones already in their system.

[theelench]

Does any of it have anything at all to do with real news?

The same stories are shoved in our faces by all channels until we click on one.  Then, hoping to get more clicks on their (paid for) ads., up pop a myriad other stories in the same vein.

If you doubt it, click on the most ludicrous snippet shoved under your nose and then watch how much more drivel all the other channels can immediately find with similar "news" stories.

On-line "news" is the equivalent of your very own personalised copy of page 3 of the sun.  The one thing you are guaranteed never to see is an important piece of news or an enlightening analysis of it.

Basically all you get is a merry-go-round of:

The Trump saga.

The Royals.

Sob Story du jour

OMG - Killer weather / virus / financial meltdown / pensions disaster next week.

Oh wow -- Cure for blindness / baldness / Dementia.  All MIGHT have been found by recent study.

Truth or accuracy don't even get a look-in with most of the rubbish dished-up to keep the sheeple "informed".  It's all about making Blackrock / Amazon / Zuckerberg another billion.

Why are they keeping the pubs closed?  Because you get more truth and common sense analysis from a bar full of ordinary people with a couple of drinks under their belts, than you'll ever get from the Mega-corporation propaganda machines.

[bankhaunter]

Because you get more truth and common sense analysis from a bar full of ordinary people with a couple of drinks under their belts

I assume that was sarcasm, we all know what a fount of accurate knowledge  the ' man in a pub' represents.

About as useful as that coming from 'I heard' or 'they say'.